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Samnaun: observed built density

Municipality in the canton of Graubünden · FSO no. 3752 · Parcel data as of July 2025

Parcels
2’513

1 % of the canton

Municipal zones
16
Median utilization
6 %

Canton: 8 %

Switzerland: 10 %

Median GFZ
0.06

Canton: 0.08

Switzerland: 0.09

Median height
11.0 m

Canton: 9.2 m

Switzerland: 9.5 m

Median floors
2.9

Canton: 2.3

Switzerland: 2.3

About Samnaun

Samnaun is a municipality in the canton of Graubünden. The parcel data lists 2’513 parcels in 16 municipal zone types. The zone types with the most parcels are Landwirtschaftszone (1’718), Dorfzone (234) and Wohnzone (192).

The median parcel is built to a volume utilization of 6 %; half of the parcels lie between 3 % and 9 %. The canton median is 8 %, so Samnaun sits below it.

The median building height is 11.0 m at 2.9 floors, and the median floor-area ratio (GFZ) is 0.06. Parcels built in the last 20 years reach a mean volume utilization of 258 % (69 parcels), lower than the 4’492 % across all building years.

Parcels by municipal zone

Municipal zone types with their parcel count and median volume utilization
ZoneParcelsMedian utilization
Landwirtschaftszone1’7180 %
Dorfzone23462 %
Wohnzone1920 %
Zone übriges Gemeindegebiet1130 %
Hotel- und Kurzone9140 %
Wald600 %
Gemischte Zone4033 %
Zone für öffentliche Bauten und Anlagen240 %
Hotel- und Kurzone mit Grenzabstand der Wohnzone1423 %
Gewerbezone911 %
Zone übriges Gemeindegebiet (Gewässer)70 %
Lagerzone 2436 %
Other zones (4)7-

Volume utilization (ratioV)

Of the 2’491 parcels with a value, half lie between 3 % and 9 %. The median is 6 % and the mean 3’910 %.

0 %300 %+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 50 %87 %
  • 50 % to below 100 %7 %
  • 100 % to below 150 %4 %
  • 150 % and above2 %

Floor-area ratio (GFZ)

Of the 2’491 parcels with a value, half lie between 0.03 and 0.09. The median is 0.06 and the mean 0.18.

0.003.00+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 0.5087 %
  • 0.50 to below 1.004 %
  • 1.00 to below 1.505 %
  • 1.50 and above4 %

Building height

Of the 427 parcels with a value, half lie between 7.9 m and 13.3 m. The median is 11.0 m and the mean 10.6 m.

0 m60 m+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 8 m25 %
  • 8 m to below 12 m39 %
  • 12 m to below 20 m35 %
  • 20 m and above< 1 %

Number of floors

Of the 342 parcels with a value, half lie between 1.8 and 3.7. The median is 2.9 and the mean 2.8.

016+

Share of parcels by range

  • below 220 %
  • 2 to below 317 %
  • 3 to below 556 %
  • 5 and above7 %

Building age cohorts

Mean volume utilization of the parcels built inside each window, from all years on record down to the last five. The windows overlap: the last 20 years include the last 5.

Built inParcelsMean utilization
All years2’5134’492 %
Last 60 years30714’481 %
Last 40 years22512’492 %
Last 20 years69258 %
Last 15 years45226 %
Last 10 years29157 %
Last 5 years1586 %

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How to read this page

room shows observed built density: what has been built on the parcels, not what the zoning permits. Volume utilization (ratioV) compares the built volume of a parcel with the reference volume of its municipal zone type. The floor-area ratio (GFZ) is floor area divided by parcel area; building height and number of floors are taken from the buildings on a parcel. Figures pool all municipal zones of the area. Medians and quartiles are read from bins 10 points (ratioV), 0.1 (GFZ), 2 m (height) and 1 floor wide, so they are exact to within one bin; means are exact. A parcel counts in a distribution only when the parcel data has a value for it. The floors distribution leaves out parcels without a building (0 floors).